Barry Blake
Stories (10/0)
Searching For Truth, Part III
You never know. Things are a little bit different this year. They are not so good. Comparing the past hundred years or so with now was necessary. It forced me to look within myself. I realized this used to be a wonderful time of year for sports fans, for it was the time of year when there was a grand intersection of sports. On television one could see several different sports being played every day, all the time, everywhere, by high school, college and professional athletes in baseball, basketball, football and soccer. And by kids in the neighborhood. The ancient sports, those that pitted one player against another—sports like golf, tennis, wrestling and boxing became easier to deal with because they did not rely necessarily on fan support. You could still safely wander around the golf course looking for your ball.
By Barry Blake4 years ago in The Swamp
A Conversation Between World Leaders
The following is a collection of quotations, the words of two people. They are not talking to each other, but their comments have a certain commonality. One of the people was a world leader. The other is a world leader. The comments of each tell us which might be more fit to lead. One is an extraordinary person; the other is not. The idea of this exercise is not to determine who the speakers are (that’s easy) but to understand the skill set of a successful leader.
By Barry Blake4 years ago in The Swamp
The Cavalry Is Out There Somewhere
It won’t be long now. These are the last days of Donald Trump. At last we will be able to ignore him altogether. So it is okay to just pass the days, get along down the road. Forgot him. We are talking about what is most therapeutic. Change is around the corner.
By Barry Blake4 years ago in The Swamp
Another One for the Road
Huge crowds, crowds larger than we have ever seen, louder than we have ever heard continue to form and march through the streets of cities large and small. And more than ever before the force driving these crowds is being reported on every day, all day on social and news media. We see it. We hear it. We feel it. So we ask: do the many voices shouting and bodies protesting in the streets mean significant change?
By Barry Blake4 years ago in Criminal
Adolescent Arrest Syndrome Rears Its Little Head
As the days get longer and the times tougher it has become apparent that Donald Trump is sinking faster and faster into the swamp. His ignorance and selfishness have become more and more glaring, indisputable. To correct this daft, puerile behavior is difficult. We all experienced similar situations in dealing with our children when they were going through those difficult years between the ages of six and eleven.
By Barry Blake4 years ago in The Swamp
What to do in times of need.
Most things happen to prepare you for something else more significant that is going to happen down the road. That is a basic pattern of how life works. If you burn yourself on the stove…Cut yourself with a knife,,, These are little lessons readying you for The Big One.
By Barry Blake4 years ago in Unbalanced
Everything Ends with Trump, pt.1
Let’s take a closer look at the everyday, commonplace, readily accepted for what it is, always quietly reliable toothpaste tube. It’s a modest achievement. Nobody ever hates their toothpaste tube; nope, it’s one of those things, like automobile tires, can openers and ball point pens that never get the attention and praise they deserve until they suddenly and surprisingly do not function the way they should. Every morning and every night toothpaste tubes remind us of our president’s dilemma.
By Barry Blake4 years ago in The Swamp